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Resource Allocation in Project Management
Schwindt, Christoph - 2005
The book is devoted to structural issues, algorithms, and applications of resource allocation problems in project management. Special emphasis is given to a unifying framework within which a large variety of project scheduling problems can be treated. Those problems involve general temporal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014014055
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Critical Infrastructure : Reliability and Vulnerability
Murray, Alan T. (contributor); Grubesic, Tony H. (contributor) - 2007
This text brings together differing geographic perspectives in modeling and analysis in order to highlight infrastructure weaknesses or plan for their protection. Offering new methodological approaches, the book explores the potential consequences of critical infrastructure failure, stemming...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520673
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Auctions in the Electricity Market
Fandel, G. (contributor); Schöne, Stefan (contributor);  … - 2009
Electricity is an essential commodity traded at power exchanges. Its price is very volatile within a day and over the year. This raises questions about the efficiency of the trading rules. The author develops a non-cooperative auction model analyzing the bidding behavior of producers at power...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013521093
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Congestion-Prone Services under Quality Competition : A Microeconomic Analysis
Moon, Dong-joo - 2012
Introduction -- Part I: Service Demand of Consumers -- Part II: Cost Analyses for Congestion-Prone Service Systems … -- Part III: Decisions of Congestion-Prone Service Firms -- Part IV: Social Welfare Issues for Congestion-Prone Services …This study presents new microeconomic analyses of congestion-prone services that comprise most private and public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013522957
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Multi-Stage Simultaneous Lot-Sizing and Scheduling : Planning of Flow Lines with Shifting Bottlenecks
Seeanner, Florian - 2013
In the consumer packaged goods industry, usually a large number of final items are produced in a highly automated flow line production system. Florian Seeanner presents a mathematical model which is an improved version of the General Lot-Sizing and Scheduling Problem for Multiple production...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014016730
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Get it Done On Time! : A Critical Chain Project Management/Theory of Constraints Novel
Bergland, Eric - 2016
management planning and the Theory of Constraints, you will learn as they do, how to implement this effective project management … For The Theory of Constraints (TOC) and Critical Chain Community Managers, project managers and those considering …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014019980
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Inflation versus Price-Level Targeting : Bayesian Estimation of a Small Open DSGE Model for Switzerland
Heim, Lukas - 2015
Lukas Heim evaluates the performance of a price-level targeting rule compared to that of a standard inflation targeting rule. The comparison is based on a medium-scale DSGE model which has been estimated based on state-of-the-art Bayesian methods. The model for the Swiss economy is an expanded...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012819094
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A Beta-return Efficient Portfolio Optimisation Following the CAPM : An Analysis of International Markets and Sectors
Vollmer, Markus - 2015
Investors are trying to generate excess returns through active investment strategies. Since the outbreak of the financial crisis, investors face a situation where increased risks are accompanied by falling key interest rates. An optimal portfolio in terms of risk and return becomes a perpetual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012819111
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Methodological Investigations in Agent-Based Modelling : With Applications for the Social Sciences
Silverman, Eric - 2018
theory, the text provides substantive examples of the application of agent-based models in the field of demography. This work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012692246
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Gestaltung sozialer Versorgung : Ein Planungs- und Steuerungsmodell
Stremlow, Jürgen; Riedweg, Werner; Bürgisser, Herbert - 2019
Dieses Open-Access-Buch erläutert ein Handlungsmodell zur Gestaltung sozialer Versorgung. Das Modell beinhaltet 16 Gestaltungsaufgaben, die sich an den wesentlichen Planungs- und Steuerungsaufgaben sozialer Versorgung und den vier Phasen eines Managementkreislaufes (Analyse,...
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